1993 Nigerian Presidential Election
June 12 — won and annulled12 June 1993 · The aborted Third Republic
Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 12 June 1993. The elections were the first held since the 1983 military coup d'état which ended the Second Nigerian Republic.
Widely judged the freest election Nigeria had held — and annulled by the Babangida regime before official results were declared. The figures here are the credible collated returns. Abiola never took office.
President before
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida
Elected President
Elected President
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Winning share
58.4%
Turnout
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The result
Moshood Abiola
Social Democratic Party · 8,341,309 votes
58.36%
share
Bashir Tofa
National Republican Convention · 5,952,087 votes
41.64%
share